What if She Left... Tigress X Tai Lung (Taigress)

The Proposal

The menacing eyes of the half-fox and half-falcon burned against my skin, and I was watched very carefully with no acknowledgement that I was waiting for him to speak.

"Ahem." I hinted for him to say something, but he still kept on staring.

Fine. I thought bitterly as I decided to do the same. I examined him, searching for any signs of weapons. He wore a plush blue shirt, and soft black pants. He carried a bag, and it looked suspicious in my eyes. It could carry a deadly weapon, or even worse... Poison.

Most of the time the enemy decides to visit us, they bring a bottle of some deadly toxics. They offer drinks, with the solution in them.

My eyes switch over to his sharp talons, which were curled up slightly, looking tense and ready to blow a strike.
His long snout seemed to be scowling, in a way that gave a shiver creep up my spine. As my thoughts wander to how this creature appeared in my dream, his deep, raspy voice spoke, "Greetings, Master Tigress." 

I took a breath of hesitation, then quickly replied, "Greetings to you as well. What brings you to the Jade Palace?" I dipped my head, showing some respect.

Right away, he introduced himself. "Many different people call me different names, but you may know me as General Storm."

I gasped softly to myself. The General, was known for his 15 years in protecting our Village from rivals, but one day he suddenly turned against us and murdered almost half of our villagers. He was therefore banished for 10 years, and was expected not to come back. But I suppose they guessed wrong.

"I have a proposal. My master and I -you'll find out who- have been watching over you for the past few years. We have noticed that your skills have increased, and you are quite a powerful animal. Also, as you may know recently someone has been chosen as the Dragon Warrior, someone not part of the Furious Five. We believe you should be the chosen one, but of course that old, mad turtle cannot see that." I was taken aback by the rude remark towards Master Oogway, but kept listening.

"So, we invite you to train and live at our own place, The Melanite Palace."

I stood up abruptly and slammed my paws against the table. I hollered, "Are you crazy? You're asking ME to leave my home and family? I have a duty to protect the Village, to become a legendary master, and you want me to give that up just to live at your measly little Palace?" My heart pounded harder than before, and I repetitively sheathed and unsheathed my claws, ready to attack him.

"Yes, but..." General Storm winced as he flicked his ear and gave me a moment to calm down, since I was grimacing and was giving him a cold stare. 

"Of course, you will need time to consider this and think about how this may impact your future. So, we will give you until the next full moon to give us your answer. But Tigress.." He slowly rose and looked at me in the eye, and I saw total blackness.

"We know you are better than them."

The General rose up from his chair and flapped his wings a few times to loosen them up. 

"I suppose this ends our conversation. Pleasure talking with you, Master Tigress." He sauntered his way to the door, leaving me crying at the table in pure defeat.

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"You will never be the Dragon Warrior, unless you lose five hundred pounds and brush your teeth!" The rest of the Five roared with laughter, while I rolled my eyes and drank my soup.

"What is that noise you're making? Laughter? I've never heard of it!" They all kept chuckling as I finished up my noodles, eager to get out.

I was deeply irritated from the disrespectfulness Po was showing from imitating Master Shifu and making a joke out of it. What a disgrace!

As he held up two round bowls above his ears to look like Master Shifu, the red panda actually entered behind Po and gave us a stone cold glare. I jumped to my feet and immediately noticed he was carrying Master Oogway's staff, causing me to get suspicious. 

"OOH! Master Shifu!" He quickly slurped his noodle moustache and Monkey gave a snicker, infuriating our master.

"You think this is funny? Tai Lung has escaped from prison and you're acting like children!"

"What?"

As Po and Shifu carried off with the conversation, I realised something. 

Oogway was gone. 

Leaving us with no one to stop Tai Lung.

Except that fat, flabby, panda.

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Hi everyone! I deeply apologize for not getting any chapters out there for you guys. I was SUPER busy the past 6 months and barely had any time to write anything. But now it's Summer! WHOOOOOOOO! So I'll definitely add plenty more chapters to this story :D And also if you already saw this chapter come out earlier, it's because I already wrote it BUT STUPID WATTPAD DIDN'T SAVE IT ;-; I had to remember everything and type from scratch.. Sorry if it's a little different! But yeah thanks for sticking with me <3 Have a great day and stay tuned for another chapter soon! :D